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Get Liberty: Many Problems With Dodd-Frank
Robert Romano of Americans for Limited Government does a great job of explaining the problems with the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill: Under the bill, as before, any company — even non-financial companies — can be seized just as GM and Chrysler were under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Although...
Listening In… With Lynne
The Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul Debacle Listen up, everyone; the Dodd-Frank bill was posted on the website Saturday night, and by first thing Monday morning 3,900 of you had sent letters to your members of Congress! As of Tuesday morning, the number grew to 5,000+!!! Way to get active in a hurry,...
Frank-Dodd “Shrugged:” The New Financial Bill Has an Older Cousin
While doing some reading, I came across two passages that were eerily similar. Perhaps you can identify the sources of these two passages? Passage A: “Then it was said that large, established railroad systems were essential to the public welfare; and that the collapse of one of them would be...
WSJ: Dodd-Frank Does Not Have the Votes
This is why it’s critical that you contact your Senators and Representative now: The death of Sen. Robert Byrd (D., W.Va.) robs Democrats of a vote to push the bill toward final passage. Another Democratic senator, who voted against an earlier version of the legislation, said Monday he wouldn’t support...
Rep. Roskam (IL): Dodd-Frank About More ‘Big Government’
Congressman Peter Roskam (IL) spoke today with Stuart Varney about the Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul bill agreed to overnight. Congressman Roskam points out that the bill wouldn’t have made a difference in the financial collapse of 2008, and was really more about expanding the size and reach of government: Take action...